_Second Urch._ Na-ow! They aint got nuffink to fink _about_, sheep ain't. _First Urch._ I lay they _do_ fink, orf an' on. _Second Urch._ Well, I lay _you_ never see 'em doin' of it! [_And so on. The first Shepherd disrobes his sheep, and dismisses it with a disrespectful spank. After which he proceeds to refresh himself from a brown jar, and hands it to his comrades. The spectators look on with deeper interest, and discuss the chances of the liquid being beer, cider, or cold tea, as the scene closes._ * * * * * OPERATIC NOTES. [Illustration: Patti commence la Patti-série.] _Tuesday._--Grand night. Memorable for _rentrée_ of ADELINA PATTI. She has been absent from C. G. Opera many years. Welcome little stranger! Absence makes hearts fonder, and so Big Heart of Big House, crowded right up to tipmost topmost, goes out to ADELINA PATTI reappearing as radiant _Violetta_, the Consumptive Cocotte and heroine of _La Traviata_. Quite in best Tra-la-la-viata form is our PATTI to-night. The knowing ones observe high keys politely transposed to suit ADELINA. But what manager could refuse to _put down the notes_ when ADELINA agrees to sing? All come in early. Upper parts of House at Lowest prices either breakfasted or lunched on doorstep, waiting for Warbler to commence. Warbler begins 8.30 sharp. "8.30 sharp" maybe, but Warbler neither sharp nor flat; in perfect tune. DE LUCIA first rate as poor, spoony little _Alfredo_; and ANCONA admirable as Old Original G. G., _i.e._, _Georgy Germont_. "_Pura siccome_," and "_Parigi o cara_," old friends all, come out as fresh as ever, or fresher. Get story rather mixed up with that of _Manon_, which in some respects it resembles: _Violetta_ evidently _Manon's_ niece, or first cousin. Touchingly sympathetic acting on part of Mlle. BAUERMEISTER as the nurse (draught, &c., every hour, prescriptions carefully made up) attending on the suffering soprano. _Annina_ deeply touched by sad meeting between _Alfred_, "such a Daisy,"--or, such a "Lack-a-Daisy,"--and his sweet _Violet_. * * * * * OUR BOOKING-OFFICE.